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simcrrrcnrroiv forming para ofv Letters Patent No. 294,305, dated February 26, 1884.

Application filed October 5, 1883; -lModeLi To a/ZZ whom/t may concern.- l

Be it known that I, HENRY C. BEILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southington, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curry-Combs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements inl curry-combs of the class which have curved comb-bars; and the objects of my invention are to so simplify the construction as to produce the comb cheaper than heretofore, and also to so improve its construction that it shall be stronger and more durable. I attain these objects by the'silnple construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a reverse plan view of my improved curry-comb. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, partly in elevation, of the same online x, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a blank for forming two of these comb-bars.

lPrior to my invention these curved combbars, so far as I know, have -been made from iiat pieces of sheet metal curved lengthwise upon one edge, and provided with upwardlyprojecting lugs at the upper edge, which lugs have been riveted to the back or frame. This construction necessitates making each combbar of a separate lpiece of metal, and leaves nothing to resist bending iiatwise of the combbar between the lugs but the strength of the metal in the bar itself.

I construct two curved comb-bars, a, from a single piece of vmetal, connected atv theil` back, as at a, so as .to form in end view or cross-section an inverted- U -shaped iigure.

The metal for a pair of these comb-bars is first blocked out in substantially the form shown V:in Fig. 3. It is then toothed upon its oppositeedges and the rivet-holes punched therein, after which it is struck in a suitable die to throw it into the form shown in Figs. l and 2.

- As many of these double bars as may be desired are secured to the frame or back of the comb A by means of rivets through the solid portions or backs b of the double comb-bars. This construction requires the use of a less number of parts to be riveted than the construction heretofore pointed out as old, and consequently the comb can be constructed cheaper, and inasmuch as there is a solid portion orback in between each pair of combbars and integral therewith, a very strong and stiff comb is produced.

I am aware that currycombs have been made with straight bars in which two bars are made of one piece of metal of the same form in cross-section and end view as herein shown and described, and I hereby disclaim the same.

I claim as my invention- The herein -described curry-comb, consisting of a series of double comb-bars of a curved -form and with a curved and solid back between each adjoining pair, each back and two comb-bars being made integral from blank of .form' shown in Fig. 3, and secured to the main `frame, substantially as described, and for. the

purpose specified.

' HENRY C. BRILL. 

